Al-Jeel Club

Al-Jeel

Full name	Al-Jeel Club Al-Hasa
Founded	1976; 49 years ago (1976)
Ground	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sport City
Capacity	19,550
Chairman	Ahmed Al-Ghunaim
Manager	Saber Abdellaoui
League	Second Division
2024-25	Second Division, 2nd Group A
Home colours Away colours

Al-Jeel Club (Arabic: نادي الجيل) is a Saudi Arabian football club based in Hofuf, Al-Hasa,^[1] the club competes in the Saudi Second Division League, the third tier of Saudi football.^[2]

The club play their home games at Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sport City in Al-Ahsa, sharing the stadium with two other city-based clubs, Hajer FC and Al-Adalah FC.^[3]

History

Al-Jeel's first president was Saleh Al-Dhafer and its first manager was Sameer Hajjaj. The club was previously known as Al-Okhowa before changing their name to Al-Jeel.^[4][5] Al-Jeel have finished as runners-up in the Saudi Second Division twice, in 1986^[6] and 2010.

Honours

• Saudi Second Division League
  • Runners-up (2): 1985–86, 2009–10

Current squad

As of 30 September 2022:

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  KSA Yousef Al-Eissa 3 DF  KSA Mohammed Al-Mohanna 4 DF  KSA Osama Al-Jawhar 5 DF  KSA Abdullah Al-Suwaiei 6 MF  KSA Abdulelah Al-Ashwan 7 MF  KSA Ahmed Al-Nadhri 8 MF  KSA Rakan Al-Qahtani 10 FW  CGO Anaël Bakaki 11 FW  KSA Khalid Kamal 13 DF  KSA Mishari Al-Qahtani 14 MF  KSA Osama Al-Rowaibaiah 18 FW  KSA Thamer Al-Arjan 21 MF  MAR Hicham Nouali 23 DF  KSA Rayan Al-Rajeh

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 DF  KSA Abdullah Al-Aboud 29 FW  GHA Frederick Acheampong 31 GK  KSA Hussain Al-Totti 35 GK  KSA Ibrahim Al-Hafith 36 DF  KSA Hussein Halawani 44 MF  KSA Naif Al-Howaitan 77 DF  KSA Hussain Al-Mousa 88 FW  KSA Badr Al-Saad 94 MF  KSA Loay Al-Johani 98 DF  TUN Haythem Ayouni 99 MF  KSA Nafea Al-Samiri — MF  KSA Mohammed Al-Duhailan — MF  KSA Ali Al-Ghatam

Coaches

• Bahaa Aldeen Al-Qebisi (2008–2009)
• Idris Obeis (2013–2014)
• Abdullah Darwish (2015–2016)
• Luiz Antônio Zaluar (2022–present)

See also

• List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia

References

1. "الجيل - Al-jeel". Archived from the original on 2020-10-16. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
2. "نادي الجيل". Archived from the original on 2020-09-18. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
3. "Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sports City Stadium". Archived from the original on 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
4. "المويجد لـ ( الأحساء نيوز ) … هذا ما يحتاجه الجيل للوصول لدوري زين والإصابة وظروف عملي وراء إعتزالي". Archived from the original on 2021-08-01. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
5. "كرة القدم في الآحساء ماضي وحاضر". Archived from the original on 2021-08-01. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
6. العربي يحقق بطولة اندية الدرجة الثانية بجدارة Archived 2019-05-30 at the Wayback Machine(Arabic)